Nintendo can add this to their philanthropic list of trying to help people, whether it's to lose weight or just kill time. Wiis have been used in some hospitals for a while now. Ever since its release, these hospitals have been implementing them in their physiotherapy program by making patients do the activities in Wii Sports. But this is one of the first few times that it's being used to aid doctors and, in this case, surgeons. The Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, in Arizona, has been u...

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"We'd all love to be able to class gaming as a training tool and something we could do during work, but I doubt most bosses would see a few games of PES as essential for the job. It seems that surgeons do benefit from playing video games though - at least when that console is the Wii.

According to NewScientist, Kanav Kahol and Marshall Smith of the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, believe that playing on the Wii increases the performance of surgical residents. They ..."

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So, the first update for Trauma Center Tuesday, the news site for Trauma Center: New Blood, is Atlus's Trauma Center Portal, where it'll link you to the product pages for Trauma Center: Under the Knife, Trauma Center: Second Opinion, and Trauma Center: New Blood. Unfortunately, there isn't much other than "Coming Holiday 2007" for the New Blood site.

Also revealed is the NA boxart, with our little friend, the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection symbol in the top left. According to Joystiq, New B...

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